Both Uses of
minute
in
Selected Essays
- But, unfortunately, this original unit, this fountain of power, has been so distributed to multitudes, has been so minutely subdivided and peddled out, that it is spilled into drops, and cannot be gathered.
Chpt 1. *minutely = in small portions
- He carried his powerful execution into minute details, to a hair point; finishes an eyelash or a dimple as firmly as he draws a mountain; and yet these, like nature's, will bear the scrutiny of the solar microscope.
Chpt 9.minute = small
Definition:
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(minute as in: minute size) small, exceptionally small, or insignificant